Daniel broy



D. BROY.

Hand Corn PlanterI Patented April 14, 1868.

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Be it known that I, DANIEL BROY, of Canton, in the county of Lewis, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hand Corn-Planters; and I do hereby ldeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersslilledin" the art to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a rear view of my improved corn-planter, part being broken away to show the construction.

FigureZ is a detail sectional-view ofthe same, taken'through the line a: fr, iig. 1. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts'.

My invention has for its object to furnishan improved corn-planter, so constructed and arranged that 'the seed may be divided or scattered when dropped, and which shall, at the same time, be simple in construction,

.and convenient and effective in operation; .and it consists in the construction,combination, and arrangement of the parts, by means of which the division or scattering of the seed is.v effected.

A and B are two wooden boards or bars, hinged to each other-.a little above their lower ends, as shown in gs, 1 and 2. To the outer-sides of the upper ends of the bars-'or boards A and B are attached the handles a and b, by which the machine is operated. The lower ends .of the bars or boards A and B are forked, as shownin fig. 1, and to the inner sides of the bra-nches thus formed are attached plates, C, by which holes in the ground are opened, and between which the seed passes to the ground. f

D is an angular plate, secured to one of the plates, as A, -in theangle between the branches, at its lower end, and overlapping the edges of the anglebetween the branches of 'the other bar or board, B, to prevent the seed from escaping between the'sai'd branches, and compel it to pass down between the plates C. Eis the seedbox, -in the bottom of which `is placed a slide, F, the end ot' which passes through the front of the box E, through the bar or board A, and is pivoted or otherwise securedto the other bar, B, as shown in fig. 2.

Through the slide F is formed a hole, of' sulicient size to contain enough seed to plant a hill. This hole may be adjusted according-to the amount of seed to bedepositcd in each hill, by means of the adjustable plate f', as shown in iig. 2.

Gr is a cap or block placed over the discharging-orifice of the seed-box, and through which the slide F moves back and forth. The block or cap G is notched directly over thei'holes or valves in the lslide F, so that it may act as a scraperor cut-oli', to prevent too much seed from escaping when the discharge-orifice isu'ncovered, and

to do this without bruising orinjuring theseed.

H are spouts or channels leading from thefdischarge-oriice of the seed-box to orifices iu the board or bar A, at or near the branched lower end of said bar, as shown in figs. l and 2.

The upper edge of the partition I, that separates the channels .from each other, is made sharper wedgeshaped, so as to divide or separate the seed as it drops from the discharge-orice of the seed-box, causing part to pass down each channel. This scattering the seed in the hill enables thev plants to be thinned, when necessary, more conveniently, and without disturbing or injuring the remaining plants, and at the same time allows the plants to develope without obstructing each other.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I l. The combination and arrangement of the forked bars or boards A and B, plates C and D, channels H, slide F, cap or block Gr, and seed-box E, with each other, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

' 2. Forming the upper edge of the partition I, that separates the channels H from each other, sharp or wedge-shaped, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

' DANIEL BROY.

Witnesses RIcHARD .Wasn G. VAN WERDEN. 

